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A street scene in a busy Indian town. In the foreground, a shaved-headed monk in orange robes with a bare back and a rudraksha mala walks away from the camera, carrying an orange cloth bag. Beside him, a person with long swept-back hair, a crown-like tilak and ornate gold necklaces wears a saffron-orange shawl and dhoti and gestures toward a silver Toyota car. Behind them, motorbikes, pedestrians and shops with signage line the road.

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September 11 20122012-09-11A photograph of three men in saffron-orange robes walking down a street past a silver SUV, with a man in white clothes standing at left. The central figure wears an orange cloth draped over his head and shoulders with a long gold necklace. The man at left holds a small orange pouch and wears a gold chain, and the man at right also wears a gold chain with a pendant. A partly visible person in white stands at the right edge. The orange-clad men appear to be sannyasis or devotees. Their swami-like appearance is consistent with the page's reference to a temple visit, but no clear a person cues are visible, so identity is uncertain.2009-01-14Two smiling men in saffron-orange sannyasi robes walk across a dirt courtyard beside a silver Ford SUV with a KA04 registration plate. The man on the left has long dark hair and wears an orange wrap over bare shoulders and sandals. The man on the right has a shaved head, an orange hood, a wooden bead mala with a pendant, and holds a dark object in both hands. Behind them is a whitewashed wall with vertical red stripes, a concrete step, and a parked grey car at the right edge.2007-02-02 +1 copiesNight street procession in a busy Indian town market. Three men in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl walk prominently, each wearing gold-toned necklaces; the left one holds a bundle of white flowers, the centre one wears a yellow flower garland on his head, and the right one has a large gold pendant. Behind them, men in white dhotis and shirts, one with a rudraksha mala, walk among motorbikes, a yellow auto-rickshaw, and shopfronts with yellow and red signage. A uniformed police officer stands at right. Several devotees and onlookers are visible in the crowd.2012-05-07Two men in saffron and pink robes walk across a paved courtyard beside a silver SUV, under a covered walkway with a red pillar. The man in front, in pink drapery, smiles and wears layered rudraksha malas with white bead accents and matching beaded armbands, with a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him, a shaved-headed man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala walks alongside. The setting appears to be an ashram or temple entrance area.2011-12-27Street scene during a procession in a town market. A carved wooden ratha or chariot with red drapes, colourful striped garlands and a multicoloured umbrella stands in the background. In the foreground, a man in an orange saffron robe leans toward a grey car while another person in orange stands beside it. A woman in an orange sari and a man in white dhoti and shirt stand nearby. Roadside shops, parked motorcycles and a small child in the right foreground line the street.2009-01-30March 13 20142014-03-13Outdoor photo at a compound with white walls banded in red, a silver SUV parked behind a mound of reddish sand, and a painted elephant figure at the top left. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand side by side. The man on the left has long dark hair, a red bindi and an orange wrap; the man on the right is shaved-headed with an orange head wrap, a beaded rudraksha-style mala and a gold pendant necklace, and wears metal bangles and a wristwatch with hands clasped. A white-robed figure is partly visible at the far left edge. Two people are visible in full with a third partly visible.2007-02-02 +1 copiesA photograph on a city street of a shaved-headed Hindu religious figure in an orange-saffron shawl with a red-and-gold border, wearing a dark rudraksha bead headband and a sacred ash mark on the forehead. He wears small gold hoop earrings and clear-framed glasses and is stepping toward a white car, one hand resting on its roof. A man in a blue shirt stands behind the open car window, and several other people and passers-by fill the background among shops with a red facade and a Tamil-script sign reading DEEP. Overhead wires and a street lamp are visible.2012-05-28 +1 copiesA street photograph of a barefoot figure in a saffron-orange robe with an orange turban and a gold pendant on a beaded necklace stepping out beside a silver-beige car with its front passenger door open. A man in white shirt and white trousers with a lanyard walks beside him, and a woman in a white sari stands behind near the car. Shopfronts, bicycles parked on the pavement and a Tamil signboard line the street. The wording on the sign reads South Chithirai Veethi.2007-08-17May 07 20122012-05-07May 07 20122012-05-07